Supporters of Initiative 502, which would legalize marijuana in Washington and control its sales, are scheduled to submit petition signatures to the Secretary of State’s office in Olympia on December …

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday blocked a bipartisan Senate compromise to temporarily extend a payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits into the new year. One GOP lawmaker …

Texas Gov. Rick Perry would cut the pay of Congress and “totally rethink” America’s social safety net, but Perry quietly “retired” early this year to collect $92,000 in Texas state employee retirement …